Category: Paok Salonika

• Ivan Savvidis: ‘I had no right to enter the pitch the way I did’• ‘I had no intention to brawl with our opponents or the referees’Ivan Savvidis, who was pictured carrying a gun in a holster when he marched on to the pitch during a Greek league match,…

Ivan Savvidis came on the field accompanied by bodyguards and carrying what appeared to be a pistol in a holderA disputed goal at the end of a match in the Greek Superleague between Paok Salonika and AEK Athens has led to a pitch invasion by one of the…

• PAOK Salonika striker frustrated at starting match on the bench• Former Manchester United, Tottenham and Fulham player sent off

The Bulgarian striker Dimitar Berbatov interviewed himself on Tuesday to express his frustration at being left on the bench in his team PAOK Salonika’s 1-0 defeat at second-placed AEK Athens in the Greek league.

The former Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur and Fulham striker, who joined PAOK from French club Monaco in September, was criticised for a lack of commitment after being sent off only 17 minutes after coming on as a second-half substitute.

The Chelsea loanee Nathaniel Chalobah’s goal helped Napoli advance with the Europa League’s only 100% record. The England Under-21 international, who is yet to play a senior game for José Mourinho’s Blues, broke the deadlock in Naples as the Italians made it six wins from six with a 5-2 success over Legia Warsaw.

Their qualification had already been sealed before kick-off and FC Midtjylland joined them in advancing out of Group D thanks to a 1-1 draw with Club Brugge, for whom the ex-Middlesbrough and Burnley forward Jelle Vossen scored.